Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. But what's even better is that this wasn't an isolated training, it was part of an new online community called Engage365 which runs on a platform called " Conference 2.0 ".

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JUNE 11, 2008

NTEN keeps surprising me with cool stuff for nonprofit tech peeps. Be Helpful. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! You go girl! And I’m on the board!

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APRIL 11, 2008

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JULY 30, 2008

BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. Be Helpful. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { 1 trackback } links for 2008-07-30 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog 07.30.08

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MAY 12, 2008

Be Helpful. I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools. After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. { Be Helpful. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. Increasingly, a wide variety of training opportunities are being delivered via LMS. Most proprietary LMS are geared specifically toward the college/university or corporate training markets, and are thus quite expensive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) But, I’d send the query to both the nptech-related groups (like nten-discuss and nosi-discussion) as well as the Sugar folks – you might get some answers. Be Helpful. 2 admin 04.20.08

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APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology APIs – what, how, whither, and writing November 9, 2006 I’ve been asked by NTEN to write a whitepaper on APIs, following their Open API debate. Be Helpful. That’s a good thing.

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APRIL 3, 2008

Be Helpful. Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. Be Helpful. There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, open source, etc. It might be interesting. { It might be interesting. {

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Be Helpful. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. {

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APRIL 15, 2009

Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2008

Please take it no matter what the level of use of open source software is in your organization – data on as wide a range of organizations will be helpful to us. Be Helpful. It will take about 5-10 minutes to fill out. Please encourage your colleagues and clients to take this survey as well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), 3 trackbacks } Product Blogs » Blog Archive » CiviCRM comes out on top in NTEN Survey 12.14.07 Be Helpful. at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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MARCH 13, 2008

Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2008

Be Helpful. Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Be Helpful. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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MARCH 3, 2008

Be Helpful. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Be Helpful. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

It does make me think a lot about this whole space, and wonder if the fast moving train of Salesforce, and the slower moving trains of the open source alternatives, are beginning to bear down on the old guard, and how they will respond to them (or not, which would spell doom.) Be Helpful. Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful. The only thing that will be left is games.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

These posts on open source applications are so helpful. Be Helpful. Update: I’ve been using it now as my default browser for the last day or so, and it is really growing on me. { 1 trackback } Boy in the Bands » Blog Archive » Because the power of the Internet increases as people get connected. A true gift!

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Be Helpful. I have to admit to being a very happy camper. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I have to admit to being a very happy camper. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. There are better sites for music and there are adequate players for 1/5th the price. What Apple did do correctly is allow users to submit their own podcast and homemade music on the itunes website. Be Helpful. The iPod is a rip off.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

The surveys could stand some graphic design help, but you can design templates for it. Be Helpful. Like many free and open source software tools, it leans toward the powerful, flexible side, rather than the slick, easy to use side. So it has its challenges. The admin interface is nice looking, and fairly intuitive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Read more about the challenge , including links to the webinars, training resources, and featured products. Nancy Schwartz helps nonprofits build strong and lasting relationships with the people who they need to act — to give, volunteer, participate, and more. Aaron Bramley Lights. Co-Founder & Executive Director.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2010

A community center of sorts, the Center is available for the community to hold trainings and meetings at a low cost for low-income residents of the community. These tools help us stay connected to them." Transportation is an issue and social media helps overcome that. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 1, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Release Candidate to help with QA, which has been fun (and 2.3 I hope to start doing OpenOffice.org training soon. Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. Be Helpful. for at least 4 years.

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AUGUST 26, 2008

Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Be Helpful. I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08

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AUGUST 14, 2008

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

Be Helpful. So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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